A veteran republican who opposed the peace process died “unrepentant”, hundreds of mourners in West Belfast were told. Billy McKee, who died on Tuesday aged 97, was a founding member of the Provisional IRA. Large crowds attended Billy McKee’s funeral (Brian Lawless/PA)Some mourners lit candles in his memory. The Belfast-based Provisional IRA demurred from the leftward shift and was to eclipse the rest of the organisation. The address said: “He was involved in all levels of the republican movement carrying the fight to the Brits.”He engaged with the British Government during the IRA ceasefire of 1975.

Source: Irish Examiner June 15, 2019 13:52 UTC